Trans-Canada Express

March. 14,1944      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

This short documentary from the Canada Carries On series celebrates the contribution of Canada’s railroads to the war effort. The film includes a sequence from Buster Keaton's 1926 silent comedy The General, as well as a re-enactment of Lord Strathcona driving the final spike into the Canadian Pacific Railway Line.

Lorne Greene as  Narrator (voice)

Reviews

TrueJoshNight
1944/03/14

Truly Dreadful Film

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Protraph
1944/03/15

Lack of good storyline.

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ChanFamous
1944/03/16

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

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Ogosmith
1944/03/17

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

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